Some general information regarding The Saga of the Stars: The Decennial Battles

This role-play was started on

Wednesday, December 22, 2004

This role-play was finished on

Friday, April 29, 2005

    Wow! So Decennial Battles has finally made it into the great Hall of Fame. First off, I would like to thank Ricky and Elec for creating this awesome RP. When I first came to the board (some of you know that it was by complete accident), I saw the thread. Seeing this as a possible chance to get some real freedom after the RPTMNBN, I took a look at The Saga of the Stars: The Mystical Clock. From what I read, I surmised that it was a bit late for me to just "jump in." However, at the end, I decided to comment on the brilliance of the piece. It was then that I was invited into Decennial Battles. 
    Through Decennial Battles, I was given a spectacular storyline and generated some of the best characters I have ever created. I loved the whole aspect of the fighting, as it was drawn out extremely well. Plus, the characters felt... how shall I say this... real. I remember posting and going to bed that night, wondering what the characters would be up to in the next post. 
    The fighting was intense, as well. Granted, most of the results were determined by a coin-flip, but that was overshadowed by the grand melees that took place. All in all, it was a great RP, and I am grateful that I was able to take part in such a wonderful storyline. Kudos! 

    Chron was the seventh person to join Decennial Battles. He wrote 39.96% of the story, doing so in one hundred thirty posts. He now goes by the username Lagi.

    I did somewhat enjoy it, but things would've gone much better if it hadn't been for the Miko/Rai takeover. However, it did introduce more of the world of Epinex, as well as feature some unforgettable characters.

    Elec started the RP with Ricky, and thus was the first person to join. She wrote 17.05% of the story, doing so in one hundred fifty-four posts.

    Well... Hmm. The Decennial Battles was both an up and a down for me. Probably the main down was the loss of the randomly determined winners, since I've already had bad experiences with competition in the Tournament of Legends. On the other hand... this was the first RP where I made characters on the spot, and ended up developing them. (I really liked Hisaye.) Still, no more tournaments for me. Remind me to never again role-play Moonfolk.

    NaokoYiran was the fifth person to join Decennial Battles. He wrote 14.41% of the story, doing so in fifty-six posts. He now goes by the username Nerikuro Shino.

    I had a lot of fun with this RP, for the most part. Writing Skyre and Corinne's budding relationship was lots of fun, and the tournament itself was very fast-paced and stayed on-schedule for the most part, unlike other tournaments I've been in. >_> Unfortunately, a couple things went too far in terms of "spotlight-hogging", and we made the mistake of having the last two matches of the tournament be decided by the players rather than by a coin toss. Because of these two issues, the last two weeks of the RP were filled with communication problems, high tempers, and an overall negativity that dragged the RP down. Fortunately, we were able to work through it somewhat and the tournament saw completion, though it, with Remnants of the Arena, had some aftereffects (some of us now refuse to join another tournament, period). Overall, though, the RP went well.

    Ricky started the RP with Elec, and thus was technically the first/second person to join as well. He wrote 12.83% of the story, doing so in seventy-nine posts.

    I remember this RP somewhat well. I especially remember the complaint that Merylin was a no-skill character and that her soul-slash was too cheap of a move. That one was a real eye-opener. I was really embarrassed about that. For the beginning of the RP, my characters were mainly harmless. Then, I remember, I caused trouble near the end, when Sesk accidentally summoned that dragon. Heh heh, that one was fun.  
    And, of course, my characters ended up losing. I kind of expected that to happen, considering the luck I usually have. But all's well that ends well, and this RP certainly ended well!

    Sojiro Seta The Tenken was the sixth person to join Decennial Battles. He wrote 8.79% of the story, doing so in seventy-five posts. He now goes by the shortened username Sojiro.

    Let us see here... Well, first of all, let me tell you this thing is, well, wicked (I use that word a lot, don't I?). Partially because it was, to be frank, but also because it was the first RP where I managed to perform the supernatural feat of making some character development that I actually can look back at and be happy. Sure, I did a lot of dumb plot junk, too, but I'm talking about Morticia here, people. I mean, who can dislike a revenge-lusting proto-cyborg-psychopath thing? I think the answer to that is "anyone but MG"...

    Maniacal Gruntling was the fourth person to join the RP. He wrote 3.60% of the story, doing so in thirty-two posts. He now goes by the shortened username MG.

    As well as the tournament itself, this RP also had a lot of other... background RPing involved. Unfortunately, for reasons I can't remember, I didn't participate in those, leading to my rather low post count. I did however, enjoy the tournament aspect of the RP, though, at some points of the match, RPer egos and their drive for their own characters to succeed nearly ruined the RP. It all worked out though, so I'm happy.

    runedot was the third person to join Decennial Battles. He wrote 2.76% of the story, doing so in thirty-six posts.

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